Boiled chestnuts when the reason why the salt, first of all, in order to carry on the flavor, although the chestnut has its own fragrant sticky taste, but the overall taste is relatively light, boiled with some salt, can play a better role in flavoring. Secondly, adding some salt when boiling chestnuts can make chestnuts better peeling, because the chestnuts boiled in salt water, its pulp and skin will be separated.

How long does it take :

Generally it only takes about 15 minutes to cook. Chestnut is chestnut, sweet taste and temperature, which contains a lot of protein, starch, vitamins, fiber and other components of the material, eat in moderation can be supplemented for the human body, the general will be chestnut cold water in the pot boiled over high heat, turn to medium-low heat to continue to cook for 15 minutes or so on the basic can be ripe. But if the chestnut head is relatively large, then the time needed will be longer, need 20-25 minutes or so, depending on the size of the chestnut.